Coat of arms of the family Da Montefeltro rulers of Urbino in Italy drawn by ℍenry (18/03/2007) for the Blazon Project of French-speaking Wikipedia, with Inkscape. Source: Own work – Blazon: bendy Or and Azure, in chief Or a double-headed eagle Sable, beaked, legged and crowned Or (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Double Headed Eagle emblem of the Scottish Rite, from the cover of Morals and Dogma. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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English: Byzantine Empire emblem. The double headed eagle as standing in the front entrance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Flag attributed to the Byzantine Empire. This is in fact a very popular modern design, as the double-headed eagle was not attested on flags by contemporary historians, and was never displayed on a golden field (background). It is nowadays most often associated with the Greek Orthodox Church. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: The Coat of Arms of the Palaiologos dynasty of the Byzantine Empire. The double-headed eagle with the sympilema (dynastic cypher) of the Palaiologoi in the center. The double-headed eagle motif was used as the emblem of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) during the 14th and 15th centuries, when ruled by the Palaiologos Dynasty. vectorised based on image: Image:Palaeologoi_eagle.jpg Ελληνικά: To έμβλημα της δυναστείας των Παλαιολόγων (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Russian coat of arms with a double-headed eagle on the seal of Ivan III (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Double headed eagle. (The symbol most commonly associated with the Scottish Rite) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: the turtle and elephants and the “flat earth myth.” Note the pyramid with the eye at the top, like the famous symbol on the back of the US Dollar and Seal of the United States of America. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Flag depicting the dynastic Arms of the Lascaris [Laskaris] family (c. 1210). Originally a noble family of Constantinople, its members fled to Nicaea after the Fourth Crusade. Theodore I Laskaris was proclaimed emperor in 1205 and established the Empire of Nicaea. The Laskarids ruled the empire until 1261, when Michael VIII Palaiologos was proclaimed emperor. Or, a double-headed eagle Sable, beaked Gules, beneath an eastern crown Or. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Beautiful! You will also notice that the figures represented in the form of the Greek letter psi (= psyche) are in what is called in Latin the “orans” or “praying” position, common to ancient and early Christian worshipers.

I do not know if you are aware of the background of the shapes. When I first looked at the greek letter Psi, I thought it resembled the groin area of a female human (viewed from the front). However, apparently the various shapes in the image of this page- the trident shape, double-eagle shape, cadaceus and so on- are all variations of a “plasma wave signature” that appeared in the sky (like the aurora borealis) in the not-so-distant geological past (during the time that humans had been around to draw on rocks). See the link at the top of the post for the background.

Hmmm. I’m not finding that specific link, I guess. In the meantime, are you aware that the most recent, much more precise, dating of the European cave paintings puts them 10,000 or so years earlier than was thought? This means they might actually have been done by Neanderthals. Very recent findings in three caves in Gibraltar also suggest that Neanderthals were adorning themselves with the feathers of eagles and other large birds of prey, which implies not only the ability to think symbolically, but also some ritual behavior, shamanistic perhaps. Maybe the double-headed eagle is older than we are aware. Fascinating!